Line-casting machine.



' S. E. SPERRY & W. H. OR-PEN, JR.

LINE CASTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION F|LED FEB. 12. m5.

1,156,040. Patented M51915.

7 WITNESSES: lmlzm nons M Jam 1 6r %/ZzBaY;, ATTORNEY UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL E. SPERBY, OF WOODHAVEN, AND WILLIAM H. ORPEN, JR., OF BROOKLYN,NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TO INTERNATIONAL TYPESETTING MACHINE COMPANY, OF NEWYORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK. v

LINE-CASTING 'MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5-, 1915.

Application filed February 12, 1915. Serial No. 7,816.

' chines, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in line casting machinesof the linotype class and more especially to those adapted to contain aplurality. of matrlx magazines, any one of which may be brought into useas desired, and the primary object-- is a side elevation of-the upperportion ofis to provide simplified and relatively inex-. pensive meansfor shifting the magazines to bring the desired one into position todeliver matrices under control of the keyboard and to receive matricesreturned thereto byf'fthe distributer, the present invention being'animprovement upon that shown and described inthe application of Thomas S.Homans, Serial No. 833,7 38, filed April 22, 1914. v In the accompanyingdrawing: Figure 1 a machine of the linotype class and embodying magaziwe vfitting means constructed in accordance with the present invention,and Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic view showing theparts shifted into adifferent osition;

Similar parts are designated by the same reference characters in'bothviews.

The invention is capable of use in connection generally with linecasting machines of the type wherein matrices are stored in inclinedmagazines and are delivered therefrom under the control of the keyboard.

In the accompanying drawing. the inven-' tion is shown applied to amachine ofithe linotype class but it will be understood the invention isnot restricted to the precise construction shown as equivalentconstructions within the scope of the claims to be included.

In the present instance, 1 designates the upper portion of the mainframe of the machine and 2 designates the bracket which supports thedistributer, the main frame and distributer bracket being of the wellknown construction and the distributer is shown conventionally as of thetype commonly used and comprising the combination rail 3 along which thematrices are fed by the screws 4 and a magazine entrance 5'which islocated below the combination rail and receives the matrices as theydrop from the rail and conducts them into the respective channels at theupper end of the magazine. Themaga: zine entrance is shown pivoted tothe distributer bracket 2 at 6 whereby the magazine entrance may beswung to and from operative position between the distributor and theupper end of the magazine.

In the present instance, the machine is adapted to contain two matrixmagazines 7 and 8, these magazines being shown in inclin'ed superposedrelation and mounted on upper and lower magazine frames'9 and 10'respectively. Escapemen'ts 11 and 12 are ,provided at the lower ordelivery ends of the magaz nes to. control the delivery of the Imatrices therefrom, this being eflectedunder the controlof the keyboard,the construction and mode of operation of which arewell known in theart, it being sufficient toshow in thepresent instance, the vertically.mov'-' able reeds-13 which are mounted in the main frameand are adaptedto cooperate with the escapements of either magazine'according to whichmagazine is in operative position.

Thepresent invention provides simple and improved means for shifting themagazines whereby any one of them may be brought intooperative'positionto-deliver matrices as desired. In the construction shown, a shaft 14'is mounted in the main frame 1 and has an'operating handle or lever 15attached thereto. A pair of cranks or arms 16 are also connected to theshaft 14 and the cranks are pivotally connected to the forward or lowerend of the lower magazine ,frame 10 at 17. The lower magazine frame 10is also. formed at points adjacent to the pivots 17 with forks 18 andthe main frame 1 is provided with a pair of fixed pins 19. Fig. 1 showsthe parts in such relative position that the lower magazine is incondition to deliver matrices under control fof the keycrating first tolift the two magazines 7 and 8 bodily in a vertical direction, thuscarrying the escapements 12 of the lower magazine clear of the reeds 13,farther rotation of the handle or lever 15 carries the magazines bodilyin a rearward direction, thus removing the escapements 12 of the lowermagazine from above the reeds 13,and the final movements of the handleor lever 15 lowers the forward ends of the magazines, thereby bringingthe escapements 11 of the upper magazine down into cooperative relationwith the escapement actuating reeds 13. Vhen the magazines reach thelatter position, they are supported in such position by the forks 18which then rest on the relatively fixed pins 19 of the frame. A halfrevolution of the handle or lever 15 is sufiicient to shift themagazines from the positionshow'n in Fig. 1 wherein the lower magazineis in operative position, intothe position shown in Fig. 2 where theupper magazine is in operative position and vice versa.

The upper or rear ends of the ,magazines may be supported and guideddifl'erent ways. In the present instance, a shaft 2.0 is. mounted inthedistributer bracket 2 and'has a pair of arms or links 21 thereon forthe opposite sides of the'machine, each of these arms or links beingpivotally connected to the magazines at 22. The arms or links 21 occupysuch an angle on the shaft 20 that they will permit the magazines tomove upwardly and rearwardly in order to bring either of the escapements11 or 12 into operative position and also to cause the upper endsofthemagazines to shift a distance equal-to the spacing of the magazinesin order that the upper ends of the magazines will be alin ed with or"positioned properly to receive matrices from the magazine entrance 5.Any suitable means may be provided to swing the magazine entrance 5clear of the rear ends of the magazines while. the latter are beingshifted to bring the desired one into operative position, the entrancebeing swung to and from operative position about the pivot 6. Ifdesired, this may be accomplished by hand, or, mechanical means, such asthat shown and described in thed above-mentioned application, may be useAccording to the present invention, the lower ends of the magazineswhile being shifted to bring the desired one into operative positionmove in a semi-circular path to clear the reeds of escapement actuatingrods, and the upper ends of the magazines move in an arc of less angle,both ends of the, magazines being thus guided and sup- I ported withoutrequiring linkage or other invention, we

in a circular arc of relatively smaller angle.

In a machine of the linotype class, in combination with a plurality ofinclined matrix magazines, a movable carrying frame for [said magazines,means for moving the lower end of the carrying frame in a circula 1'arc, and means for moving the upper end of said frame through a circulararc of relati'vely smaller angle, the two means being connected solelyby said carrying frame.

3. In a machine of the llnotype class, in combination with a pluralityof matrix magazines having controlling escapements,

a movable frame supporting the magazines, escapement actuatmg means,cranks operatively connected to said frame for moving the lower. endsofthe magazines in a circular arc to carry the escapements of thedifferent magazinesto and from cooperative relation with said actuatingmeans,. and links connected to said frame and operative to guide theupper ends of the magazines in a circular arc of relatively less angle.

4. In a machine of the linotype class, the combination with a pluralityof matrix magazines carrying-controlling escapements, a movable framesupporting the magazines, actuating means for theescapements, meansconnected to said frame and operative to move the matrix delivery endsof the magazines in a circular arc to carry the escapements of thedifferent magazines to and from cooperative relation with said actuatingmeans. means actuated solely by said frame for guiding the uppermatrix-receiving ends of the magazines in an arc-shaped path, and a stopon the frame for supporting the different magazines in operativeposition.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL E. SPERRY. \VM. H. ORPEN, JR. Vitnesses IV. INGRAHAMI, J. ARCHMeans.

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